{"id":457878,"date":"2026-05-20T05:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/457878\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T05:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:48:30","slug":"arsenal-crowned-premier-league-champions-as-man-city-draw-with-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/457878\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal crowned Premier League champions as Man City draw with Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">The moment the Arsenal squad found out they were CHAMPIONS! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nVvwxzAanJ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nVvwxzAanJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2056843221070741633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 19, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>ARSENAL HAVE BEEN crowned Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years after second-placed Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw by a Bournemouth side bound for Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Amid reports manager Pep Guardiola will step down at the end of the season, City needed to win at Vitality Stadium to take the title race to the final day.<\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland equalised in added time to cancel out Junior Kroupi\u2019s record-breaking 13th top-flight goal of the campaign but the visitors were unable to force a winner as Guardiola was denied a potential fairytale farewell.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth\u2019s historic achievement was a fitting way to mark the final home game of head coach Andoni Iraola, who was given a rousing send-off at full-time ahead of being replaced by Marco Rose in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Following a remarkable 17th league game without loss, the Cherries are guaranteed a top-seven finish and remain in contention for Champions League football ahead of Sunday\u2019s season finale at Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779256110_362_.jpeg\"  alt=\"manchester-city-manager-pep-guardiola-right-reacts-on-the-touchline-during-the-premier-league-match-at-the-vitality-stadium-bournemouth-picture-date-tuesday-may-19-2026\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Pep Guardiola on the touchline.                    Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n<p>    Alamy Stock Photo\n<\/p>\n<p>City are now an insurmountable four points adrift of the table-topping Gunners, with speculation Guardiola is set to end his contract a year early and be succeeded by Enzo Maresca after the weekend visit of Aston Villa.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-time English champions arrived on the south coast three days after lifting the FA Cup but with news of Guardiola\u2019s possible departure dominating the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling fans chanted \u201cone more year, one more year, Guardiola\u201d at regular intervals, while one fan unfurled a bedsheet with \u2018Pep Stay\u2019 written on it.<\/p>\n<p>Former Cherries winger Antonie Semenyo had a 12th-minute finish disallowed for offside before Evanilson missed a golden chance at the other end, albeit the flag was again subsequently raised.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of kick-off, Bournemouth\u2019s stadium announcer made reference to neighbours Southampton being kicked out of the Championship play-offs for spying as he attempted to whip up the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Kroupi raised the roof with a stunning 39th-minute opener.<\/p>\n<p>After being released by Marcus Tavernier, Adrien Truffert cut the ball back from the left and 19-year-old forward Kroupi curled a stunning finish into the right corner before celebrating becoming the outright highest scoring teenager in a debut Premier League season, with a somersault.<\/p>\n<p>City almost levelled within a minute of the restart when Cherries goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic made a vital save to deny Nico O\u2019Reilly.<\/p>\n<p>Evanilson then tested visiting keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma before Guardiola attempted to spark a comeback by introducing Phil Foden, Savinho and Rayan Cherki in an attacking triple change.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth teenager Rayan, who was named in Brazil\u2019s World Cup squad on Monday, struck the outside of the left post following a corner as the contest remained in the balance going into the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779256110_370_.jpeg\"  alt=\"bournemouth-uk-19th-may-2026-manchester-city-fans-with-a-signs-saying-gracies-pep-and-pep-stay-during-the-afc-bournemouth-vs-manchester-city-premier-league-match-at-the-vitality-stadium-bourn\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            City fans show their appreciation to Guardiola.                    Alamy Stock Photo<\/p>\n<p>    Alamy Stock Photo\n<\/p>\n<p>Iraola had spoken openly of his desire to secure European football as a parting gift before departing Dorset.<\/p>\n<p>His side defended resolutely to make the dream a reality, while substitute David Brooks squandered two golden late chances to put the result beyond doubt, including striking the right post.<\/p>\n<p>Those misses were punished in the fourth minute of added time when Haaland swept home via the right post after Rodri struck the left upright during a goalmouth scramble.<\/p>\n<p>But City\u2019s hopes of a seventh title in 10 seasons under Guardiola were ultimately extinguished on a landmark evening for the hosts \u2013 and Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The moment the Arsenal squad found out they were CHAMPIONS! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/nVvwxzAanJ \u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15133,61,60,8579,16909,1102,198598,3405,112],"class_list":["post-457878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arsenal","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-manchester-city","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-premier-league","tag-red-rising","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}